Coric dethrones Federer at Halle Open
Halle , June 24: Croatia's Borna Coric on Sunday claimed the Halle Open title after beating defending champion and world No. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-2 in the final match, effectively handing the top spot in the ATP ranking back to Spain's Rafael Nadal.
It took world No. 34 Coric a little over two hours to claim his first grass court title at the Wimbledon tune-up tournament, as well as his first victory over Federer in their third career match, ending the Swiss player's grass-court winning streak at 20, reports Efe.
The 21-year-old Croatian had started the tournament by beating world No. 3 Alexander Zverev of Germany, and finished by denying Federer his 99th career title.
Coric became only the sixth player to defeat Federer in a grass court final, joining Novak Djokovic of Serbia, Britain's Andy Murray, Spain's Rafael Nadal, Germany's Tommy Haas and Australia's Lleyton Hewitt.
Having already made history as the first Croatian to reach the final of the 26-year-old tournament, Coric also took revenge for his loss to Federer in the 2018 Indian Wells semifinal in Mar.
Federer, who was seeking his 10th Halle Open title and won the Mercedes Cup last week, had the opportunity to take the lead but squandered two set points in the tie break.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion seemed to have regained control of the match as he drew level thanks to a service break in the eighth game of the second set.
However, Federer conceded his serve twice in the third set - in the sixth and eighth games - and although he managed to save a match point, the second did the trick for Coric, giving him his second career title.
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Rahul summoned by Bareilly court for remarks against Economic Survey
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A court here has summoned Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on January 7 for his remarks related to the Economic Survey during the Lok Sabha polls.
District and Sessions Judge Sudhir Kumar on Saturday issued notice to Gandhi.
The summons are related to a plea filed by Pankaj Pathak, Mandal president of the All India Hindu Mahasangh outfit.
Pathak had initially approached the MLA-MP Court/CJM Court in August, requesting the registration of a case against Gandhi.
However, the court had rejected the application on August 27. Pathak then filed a revision petition in the sessions court, which led to the current summons.
Advocate Virendra Pal Gupta, representing Pathak, submitted that during the Lok Sabha elections Gandhi had allegedly said that "despite the percentage of weaker sections being high, the percentage of property they own is quite low. If this remains the case then those with a higher population can demand more property".
Gupta alleged that Gandhi tried to provoke the weaker sections with these statements which were aimed at "creating class hatred for political gain".
He further alleged that Gandhi deliberately attempted to sow hostility and animosity among economically weaker sections in an effort to further the Congress' interests.
